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IFI. AND whereas no Provifion is made by the before recited Adl for the Sheriffs, in Cafe they A. D. i768« XV ftiould be prevented by Weather, Sicknefs, Non-Attendance of the Juftices at the Time of .. -y-. _t
holding the Inferior Court, between the Firft Day of Odober and the Firll Day of January, or other Further Time il.
Accident, whereby a Settlement may be prevented : And whereas by Reafon of the Shortnefs of the '^'"^'* ^"^ f"^"'«ns
Time limited by the before recited Aft for the Sheriff's of the feveral Counties in this Province to {ittle
Sherifs Acwunti.
and account with the Juftices of their refpedive Counties; and alfo, by Reafon of the great Scarcity
of Currency, it hath been found imprafticable for the feveral Sheriffs to fettle for their Colledion of
Public Taxes, fo as to intitle them to the Benefit, Privileges, and Advantages, which by faid Ad
they would be intitled to, could they fettle and account with the Jullices of their refpedive Counties,
at the Inferior Court to be held between the Fiift Day of Oaober and the Firft Day o( January : For
Remedy whereof. Be it further Enaaed, by the Authority aforefaid. That it ftiall and may be lawful
for the Juftices of the feveral Counties within this Province, at any Inferior Court held between the
Firft Day of Oaober and the Tenth Day of April, in each Year, to fettle and account with the Sheriff
of the refpedive Counties for the County Tax: And any Sheriff fettling and accounting with the Juf-tices
at any Inferior Court, held in the County whereof he is, or has been Sheriff", between the Firft
Day of Oaober and the Tenth Day of April, as aforefaid, for his Colledion of Taxes in the preceding
Year, Ihall be intitled to the fame Allowance, Benefits, and Advantages, as if fuch Settlement had
been made between the Firft Day of Oaober and the Firft Day of January ; any Thing contained in
the afore-mentioned Ad, to the contrary, notwithftanding.
IV. AND whereas there are many Counties within this Province wherein the Public Taxes, for Govrnor may
Want of an ading Sheriff in fuch Counties, have not been colleded, to the great Lofs and Injury of •'Pf' 'I'^olleilors
tlie Pcblic : To remedy which Evil and Inconvenience. Be. it F.nn^p^ hy, tU^ /l,.il,r.y,i^, ^fr.,^r^;^ Th^.^ of Taxes.
.z,>.u aiivi miy^'Tfy.,^^, lu opj^u.iii, aiiu \jy iii;> \-ujiijiiiiiiuii, lo conuuuce any I'reenoicier or
fuch County, of fufficient Circumftances and Abilities, Colledor of the Public and Cc unty Taxes, of
fuch County as have been, or hereafter (hall be deftitute of a Sheriff, to colled the Public Taxes now
due, or that hereafter may become due from fuch County ; fuch Colledor firft entering into Bond, and
fufHcient Security, for the true and faithful colleding of, and accounting for, the Public and County
Taxes by him to be colleded, in the fame Manner, and under the fame Regulations, as by Law ading
Sheiift's are required to do.
V. A'ND be it further Enaaed, ly the Authority aforefaid. That fuch Colledor Ihail have, ufej Their Powet and
and exercife, the fame Power and Authority, to make Diftrefs for Levies, and be intitled to the fame AUowdnce,
Coiiimifiions and Allowance, as by Law Sheriffs may have or are intitled to.
CHAP. VIII.
M /I61 to amend an Ad, for eftahlijhhig Public IVarehoufes in the Totvns of Halifax
and Campbleton, for the Injpetiion of Hemp and Flax, and other Purpofes.
I "IT 7 HERE AS by the above-mentioned Ad it is, amongft other Things, direded, that the •''"'"'''*•
VV Hemp and Flax to be received by the Infpedors Ihall be prized into Bales or Bundles, and
in that Manner delivered out to tlic Exporter; and the Oath in the fame Ad enjoins them, amongft
other Things, " That they ihall not change, alter, or give out, any Hemp or Flax, other than that
•• for which the Receipt to be taken in was given ;" which Diredions and Reftridions have, on Ex-perience,
been found very inconvenient and ufclels
II. BE it therefre Enclied, by the Governor, Council, and AJfemhly, and by the Authority of the fatne. Manner of prlx.
That from and immediatL-ly after the paffing this Ad, the Inlpedor at each of the faid Warehoufes ing Hemp,
ftiali, and is hereby direded, to prize all Ikmp and Flax by them received, and all fuch as they ihall
hereafter receive, into good, fubftaiitial, and well hooped Hogflieads, of not more than Four Feet in
Length, and Thirty Inches in Diameter at the Heads within the Croze ; which Hogfheads, when
prized, ftiall be well lined and nailed, fit for Exportation : And tlie fiiid Infpedors, in Difcharge of
ti.eir Notes, as by the Rules in the faid Ad prefcribed, Ihall pay out the lame in Hogftieads as afore-faid,
of Six Hundred Weight netc each at Icaft, if required of that Weight by the Owner or Exporter :
And the Perfon receiving out any fuch Hogftieads of Hemp or Flax lor Exportation fhall, for each Fees to the In-
H^glhead, pay to the Infpedor delivering the fame. Six Shillings and Three Pence, Proclamation ^F'^flof.
Money, for the Calk ; and alfo, for eVery Hundred Weight of Hemp or Flax therein, the Sum of
Two Shillings, like Money, for Infpcdion, Prizing, and Nails, and Four Pence per Hundred for
Warehoufe Rent ; which laft Sum of Four Pence per Hundred, to be paid by the Infpedor to his
County Court, as by faid Ad is direded ; and inftead of the Oath by faid Ad direded, the faid In-fpedors
fhall take tiie Oath following, lo zvit,
YOUJhall f'wear that you ivill carfully njievj and examine all Hemp and Flax brought to the It^are- ^'^^i^€\.ot* 0»tb.^
houje ix-'here you are appointed lifpedor ; that you ivill not recei-ve any Hemp or Flax that is not in
your Judgment bright, clear, and merchaniable % but that you ivill, in all Things, ixiell and faithfully dif-charge
your Duty in the Ojfice of an Infptdor, according to the beji ofjour Skill and Judgment, and accord-ing
to Law, 'without Ftar, Favour, Affeaion, Malice, or Partiality ; and that you ivill take no Fee or
Rfwardfor any Thing done by you as Infpeaor, other than the Fees appointed by this Aa.
SO HELP YOU GOD.
K k k m. AND
